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🍀 Warren Buffett’s View on Meeting the Right People! 🍀 He felt that meeting and surrounding yourself with the right people can strongly shape your life, character, and success. ✅ His famous advice is: “It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours, and you’ll drift in that direction.” This was reportedly said at the 2004 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting when he was asked for advice by a young shareholder. ➡️ Meaning in simple terms: • Your environment influences your standards. • Good people pull you upward. • People with integrity, discipline, wisdom, and kindness help you become better over time. • The wrong crowd can slowly make bad habits feel normal. Buffett also often talks about choosing the right heroes and mentors. He said if you copy the right people, you are “off to a great start,” not just in making money, but in living life well. ➡️ Value investing angle: • Buffett’s life was changed by people like Benjamin Graham and Charlie Munger. • Graham shaped his investing foundation. • Munger helped him evolve from buying merely “cheap” stocks to buying wonderful businesses at fair prices. • This shows that the right people do not just give advice; they upgrade your thinking. ✅ Main takeaway Buffett believes your life compounds like money. When you spend time with people better than you, their values, habits, and thinking can compound into better decisions over time. At ViA, We Care to Make You a Better Investor! #GrowviaViA #ViAHuatMePls #ValueInvesting #ValueInvestingAcademy #WarrenBuffett

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